Meat-roaster.



H. L. HAPPER.

MEAT ROASTER.

APPLICATION HLED AUG-16.1913- RENEWED FEB. 21. 1916.

1 ,215,? 1 l Patented NOV. 6, 1917.

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HERVE! LFHABPER, or MINNEABOLIS,.. MINNESOTA:

MEAT-ROASTER.=

Specification ofrL'ettrs Patent.

Patented Nov. 6; 191.7.

Application.filedfiAug ust 16,1913,.Seria1N0. 785,048; Renewed Jfebruaryfll,11916i Serial N0. 79,801:

I 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERVEY L, HAPPER, citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of. Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Roasteraof which the following isa specification.

The: object of my inventionisto provide a meat roaster inwhich strips'of bacon,

giblets, mushrooms, or other articlesof food 1 constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 isa-side elevation, partially in section, of aroaster embodying; my'invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of theperforated plate that is mounted in the top of the roaster,

Fig. dis a detail View, showing the rivets in the cover to support thep'erforatedplate,

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate differentimechanisms for securing the perforated: plate when the roaster is in use.

In the drawing, 2 represents the base of the roaster and 3 thetopthereof; Thisis the well knowntype of meat roaster,composed of three parts, the base, thetop or cover and the roasting pan, not shown, which is placed within the base to receive the meat. It is desirable ina device of this'kind to provide ameans-whereby'articles of food, such as giblets, slices. of pork or bacon, or mushrooms and the like, used for sauces, can be placed and thoroughly cooked without coming in contact w-ithzthe roasting pan or the meat. It is also desirable that some means beprovided for automatically bastdome 4 in thertop of the: cover,.pressing it"; out :of the metal, if preferred,.or1 mounting it over an opening; in thecoverx. .A plate, 5 of. suitable: material, preferably aluminum, is mounted to form the floorvbetw'een which and the dome a-:cha1nber Gas-provided.v The. plate 5 has-aiseries' of slots :7 thereiniand is adapted to receive the. small articles: of food to be? cooked and supporti them: above the roast: in the path of. the steam therefrom, without: allowing; them to come; in direct; contact with the i roasting." pan or with the meat;- As. the juices: flowout. of' these articles-of food, they willpass down through the slots? and fall .upon iandibaste the-meat, havingapreviouslymingled-with the condensation Of the steam in the chamber 6; arising from-the meat. The slots =7 in the plate 5,as shownl in Figs; 1 and 2, are: of: sufficient length and width: to allow slices ofibacon or pork to be 1 inserted: therein: and placed" uponthe.- surface of the grateelikex'plate without: the necessity of removingzthe plate from thecover: This. arrangementis' of particular advantage when'xthe cover; isa-hot, as--the :cook, by -meansw-of a fork, ,can' insert slices: of. bacon or pork through i the; slotsior remove: them without; the' necessity ofi detachingztheplate;

Variousmeans may 'bevprov'ide'di forrsupporting. the-plate= 5,; such as forming':key-- hole slots 8 therein adapted; to: receive: the heads-of-xrivets 9-in:the top:of the"cover 3. The plate may be: disengaged readily from these 'slo ts by\ sliding :itvlengthwise thereon. I may also provide loops-10 mountedron the. upper ends: of: the rivets and adapted; for use in liftingthe top oftheeroaster. These loops are preferablyformed of wire and are: bent slightly at one end to 1% down over the rounded corner of the cover; Il may'also, as-

7 shown: in Fig; 4, dispense with the1rivets,

particularly in enameled ware goods and mount leversell' on. the plate 5: having hooked endsi12 adaptedtoenter recesses113 in the dome. Theren'ds of'these levers are preferably bent 'to' form convenient; finger grips. When thecoveriisinverted. andthe levers are pulled up thein hooked endswill be readily disengaged. from the: shoulders formed by the recessesm1 the: dome. Theplate:5 is preferably convexiin form,.so'-tliat the condensation of the steam from the cooking meat and the '-juicesof" the articles of food placed upon the plate will flow to ward the middle portion thereof and down through the slots upon the meat or into the roasting pan beneath.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification, which consists in providing a plate 5 with a peripheral flange 12 that is adapted to snap into a groove 13 formed in the dome of the cover. A loop 1 1 is preferably pressed out of the plate for convenience in handling it.

This recess at the top of the roaster cover has a further function, in that in cooking a large turkey the perforated plate may be removed and the breast bone of the turkey allowed to project up into the recess, where usually it comes in contact with the cover and dried or burnt in cooking. My improved construction. provides for an increased depth from the top of the dome to the roasting pan, and adapts the roaster for cooking a large fowl or a roast of meat.

t Will be observed that the roaster has an apertured basting-means support disposed centrally and in relatively close relation to the top of the cover and in spaced relation to the sides of the cover so as to leave portions of the top extending beyond the area of the basting-means support. This construction will confine the basting-means within a small area at the center or the middle portion of the cover and prevent it from sliding and packing or accumulating at the side walls of the cover in manipulation of the cover and will thus insure the bastingmeans being held atall times in the best possible position for the best results and so that the juices of the basting-means may drip directly on to the breast of the turkey or the middle portion of the roast contained in the pan supported by the base chamber beneath the cover. The under face of the top of the cover from the margin of the basting-means support out to the sides of the cover serves as a condensing plate so that the vapors from the roast will be con densed on the under side of the plate outside ofthe area of the basting-means support. The basting-means support thus occupies but a small portion of the area of the cover and at only the central portion thereof so that the juices of the meat which pass in the form of vapor into the relatively small space above the basting-means support will condense above the basting-means and keep the same moist, and the juices of the bastingmeans will drip directly on to the middle portion of the roast or the breast of the turkey contained in the roaster.

I have also found that the perforated plate 5 will serve to more quickly condense the steam arising from the roasting pan even though the recess above this plate may be entirely empty. This is due to the fact that the plate 5, not being directly exposed to the heat on the outside of the roaster, will be maintained at a lower temperature during the roasting operation.

I claim as my invention l. A roaster comprising a base-chamber, and a cover, and an apertured bastingmeans support attached to the cover to be removable therewith and disposed centrally and in relatively close relation to the top of the cover and in spaced relation to the sides thereof to liave portions of the top extending beyond the area of the basting-means support.

2. A roaster comprising a base chamber and a cover having a centrally disposed, dome spaced from the sides of the cover, and an apertured basting-means support disposed at the base of the dome, in spaced relation to the sides of the cover, and relatively close to the top of the cover, and means for detachably sustaining said bastiuguncans support from the cover.

3. A roaster comprising a base-chamber and a cover having its top inclined inwardly and downwardly from its sides and formed with a centrally positioned dome or chamber rising above the lower plane of the inclined top. and an apertured basting-means support disposed at the base of the centrally disposed dome.

1. A roaster having a cover provided in its top with a centrally arranged convex portion forming a recess materially smaller in area than the c ver, adapted to receive a portion of the article being roasted, that por tion of the cover adjacent to the periphery of said recess being downwardly and inwardly inclined from the outer walls of the cover toward the periphery of the recess.

A meat roaster having a cover provided with a raised central portion or dome forming an elongated recess in the middle of the cover on the under side thereof the outer walls of said cover being inclined inwardly and downwardly from the edge of the cover toward the periphery of said raised portion, whereby the condensation will be directed toward the middle of the cover, and a support for articles of food, such as bacon and the like, seated against said cover and having means for holding it in place beneath said dome, for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of August, 1913.

HERVEY L. HAPPER. lVitnesses GENEVIEVE E. SORENsEN, EDWARD A. PAUL.

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